Peyton Honeycutt’s world, circumscribed to his small North Carolina town, is too limited to encompass the fact that he’s a transgender boy. Growing up, he’s been given no images, reflections or–most importantly for the often-tongue-tied young man — no language to describe how he’s feeling about his gender. He develops over the course of Jennie… read more

Filled with tender moments and a remarkable family, Karelia Stetz-Watersâ€™ YA novel Forgive Me If Iâ€™ve Told You This Before (Ooligan Press) is a queer coming of age story set against the political landscape of rural Oregon in 1992. Whatâ€™s timeless about this novel is the familiar teenage struggle to find love, acceptance, and oneself…. read more

“Though full of juicy Hollywood-style plot, Everything Leads to You is less about building relationships and falling in love, than it is about how to set the stage for something amazing to happen.”… read more

I imagine it is bad form to start off talking about a book by bad-mouthing its genre, but I felt the need to disclose, if only to emphasize how damn good Everett Maroonâ€™s new young adult novel is: I donâ€™t much care for YA. Well, at least I thought I didnâ€™t. Let me explain…. read more

When you start reading this book, you may feel disoriented and confused. The â€śvoiceâ€ť may seem unclear and almost too intimate. There are no chapters; just spacing delineations. The title characters do not appear for ten pages. You might think of ditching it, yet wonder about what you have read…. read more

Sixteen-year-old Alex Nevus lives in the East Village with his family, attends Stuyvesant High School, and generally tries to keep his world from falling apart. Admirably, he has succeeded in doing soâ€”until the morning his schizophrenic mother goes AWOL and misses her annual redetermination review with the Department of Social Services; unless he can find… read more